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Comet 17P/Holmes at 50x1 second Fits. Comet Holmes is one peculiar comet! Between October 23–24, 2007, Comet Holmes grew much brighter, going from magnitude 17 to magnitude 2.5 in just a few hours. This might be a one in a lifetime event so I'm glad I had the right equipment to capture a few descent images of it. Captured and combined in Meade's Autostar Envisage V5.85 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Mead DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Camera in prime focus with an Atik x.5 focal length reducer. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2007:11:07 09:42:29 · Resolution 648 x 488 - M20091215 033055 Sebring FL A
Set of sprites captured on Dec 14, 09 over a large mesoscale convective system in the direction of Georgia. This is looking North and the storm was 300+ miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · - M20091215 032535 Sebring FL
Set of C-sprites captured on Dec 14, 09 over a large mesoscale convective system in the direction of Georgia. This is looking North and the storm was 300+ miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · - M33 10182014
M33, the Triangulum galaxy. The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye. M33 is the third largest member in the local group after the Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way. The local group consist of about 30 galaxies. 14x300sec fits exposures captured and combined in Nebulosity v3.2.0 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Orion StarShoot Pro Color with Baader MPCC Mark III Coma Corrector Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: IR · Date/Time 2014:10:18 14:40:47 · Resolution 1000 x 662 - M20100326 024937
Close sprite captured on March 26, 2010. This one was bearly 100 miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 16mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · Date/Time 2010:03:29 09:25:24 · Resolution 768 x 494 - M51 04062011
M51, the Whirlpool galaxy. This beautiful galaxy pair is around 23Mly away in the direction of Canes Venatici. A few background galaxies are in the field of view as well. This area of the sky is teaming with distant galaxies. 12x300sec fits exposures captured and combined in Nebulosity v2.4.0 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Mead DSI Color 16bit camera. Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2011:06:06 21:36:24 · Resolution 800 x 623 - M20100326 002808
Bright sprites captured on March 26, 2010 over the Gulf of Mexico. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 16mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · Date/Time 2010:03:29 09:20:36 · Resolution 768 x 494 - M20100326 020323
Close sprite captured on March 26, 2010. This one was bearly 100 miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 16mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · Date/Time 2010:03:29 09:28:29 · Resolution 768 x 494 - NGC4656 04092012
NGC4656 and NGC4657, the Hockey Stick galaxy. This is actually a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Canes Venatici. 11x300sec fits exposures captured and combined in Nebulosity v2.4.0 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Mead DSI Color 16bit camera with Peltier cooler modification. Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2012:04:15 17:16:42 · Resolution 900 x 680 - M20091215 032331 Sebring FL
A lone C-sprite captured on Dec 14, 09 over a large mesoscale convective system in the direction of Georgia. This is looking North and the storm was 300+ miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · - NGC7635
NGC7635, The Bubble Nebula, is a H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. This nebula is between 7,100 and 11,000 light-years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of about 10. 29x300sec fits exposures captured in the span of two nights. Captured and combined in Nebulosity v2.4.0 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Mead DSI Color 16bit camera with Peltier cooler modification. Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2011:10:04 22:23:48 · Resolution 623 x 459 - M20091202 063720 Sebring FL
Another sprite captured on Dec 02, 09 from the same mesoscale convective system over the Gulf of Mexico. This is looking West/North-West and the storm was 360+ miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 16mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · Date/Time 2009:12:03 20:57:37 · Resolution 768 x 494 - Orion 021608 20sec LRGB
The Great Orion Nebula, M42 & M43. 20x20sec L and 10x20sec RGB fits exposures captured and combined in Meade's Autostar Envisage V5.85 software. Color combine done in PhotoShop. First attempt at using the RGB filter set for the Meade DSI Pro. Telescope: - Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera with Peltier cooler mod. 135mm SLR lens stopped down to 4 for wide field of view. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter & Meade RGB filters. · Date/Time 2008:02:17 11:30:53 · Resolution 610 x 449 - M20091215 024308 Sebring FL
Set of sprites captured on Dec 14, 09 over a large mesoscale convective system in the direction of Georgia. This is looking North and the storm was 300+ miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · - M20091215 030223 Sebring FL A
Possible elve preceding a sprite captured on Dec 14, 09 over a large mesoscale convective system in the direction of Georgia. This is looking North and the storm was 300+ miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · Date/Time 2009:12:16 11:14:45 · Resolution 768 x 494